David Cistrunk, a 17-year-old junior at Station Camp High School, stacks some of the donations collected during the Do Something Now food drive.

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Josh Cross
| Sumner A.M.

For his 15th birthday, Gallatin resident David Cistrunk had a special request: He wanted to help those who didn't have as much as him.

So in 2011, Cistrunk, who celebrated his 17th birthday Monday, founded the Do Something Now food drive. The junior at Station Camp High School used some of the own money to begin his collection for the needy.

"When I started the food drive, I wanted the food to be my birthday present," he said. "Since I'm already blessed, I figured why not bless somebody else for my own birthday?" ...